you accused me of trolling first. look to yourself for "escalation" before you start throwing stones.

you also gave no indication on whether you did, or did not, consider fanart to be art. it is, by the by. perhaps not good art, in some cases, and in others, it's better even than the source material, in terms of skill.

so, clarify: do you, or do you not, believe that it is right to purchase fanart? consider that conventions make large quantities of money on allowing artists, bot those that did not work on the original property as well as those that did work on the original property, to sell their work at their venues, before you jump to a decision.